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Members of Grassy Narrows First Nation say the new Mercury Care Home will make a huge difference for residents, about 90 per cent of whom are estimated to have mercury poisoning symptoms. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday for the much-anticipated project in northwestern Ontario.

From family planning to financial burdens, young adults with cancer face a unique struggle — and need support systems tailored to their needs, say doctors.

Nine cases of measles have been confirmed in Hastings County, and the local health unit is warning of community exposure.

The federal government is moving to add PFAS, a class of thousands of chemicals used in a wide range of products from food containers to clothing, to the official list of toxic substances, in light of growing scientific and public concern about the substances in Canada and around the world.

Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault announced on Wednesday that the federal government is proposing that PFAS be added to the list of toxic substances under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. Asked why Ottawa hasn’t moved faster to ban these substances, Guilbeault said the government is ‘trying to go as fast as we can within the confines of the laws and regulations.’

Ahead of the five-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring a global pandemic on March 11, The Canadian Press spoke to five people who lost someone they loved as the virus started circulating in those frightening early days.

Five years after the province identified its first COVID-19 case, experts are urging Albertans not to forget about those still struggling with its devastating impacts.

Measles is a respiratory disease caused by a highly contagious virus that's more infectious than influenza, chickenpox or COVID-19.